Despite a double-double, basketball world champion Dennis Schröder was unable to prevent his Toronto Raptors from suffering their second defeat in a row.
The national team captain had 15 points and ten assists against the Philadelphia 76ers. Against the superiority of the guests around last year’s extremely strong NBA MVP Joel Embiid (34 points, nine rebounds, eight assists) and Tyrese Maxey (34 points), the Canadians had 107 :114 but not enough to counter it.
Isiah Hartenstein also has two defeats with the New York Knicks after three games this season in the North American professional league. The German supplementary player had four points, three rebounds and one assist in the 87:96 win over the New Orleans Pelicans.
Schröder’s world champion colleague Daniel Theis was once again just a spectator when his Indiana Pacers lost 125:113 to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Zach Lavine from the Chicago Bulls scored a career high with 51 points, but in the end, from the Bulls’ perspective, it was still a 102:118 win over the Detroit Pistons.